[Hiring] Product Operations Lead @Airbnb

Role Description

The Product Operations team is the analytical and strategic backbone of Fraud and Safety Investigations (FSI) at Airbnb. We turn complex operational data into clear business decisions, close the loop between frontline agent insights and product strategy, and drive cross-functional alignment with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Policy partners. You'll join a team that thrives when the data tells a complicated story — and knows how to make it actionable.

You'll lead one or more operational domains (e.g., fraud detection, listing verification, content moderation) and own a strategic cross-functional workstream; shaping how FSI runs the business, mitigates risk, and launches new capabilities. Success means surfacing root causes that change product priorities, driving decisions that stick, and ensuring operational readiness for every major launch. Your insights won't just inform; they'll move roadmaps.

• Mine operational data to surface root causes, not just symptoms, and translate findings into business recommendations that shape product and policy priorities.
• Own the narrative for weekly business reviews (WBRs): explain why metrics moved, surface root causes, and drive accountability for follow-through.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to influence roadmaps, represent operational realities in planning cycles, and hold teams accountable to ops readiness.
• Monitor queue health, SLA adherence, and decision accuracy; escalate systemic risks before they compound.
• Detect, triage, and coordinate resolution of operational breakages (bugs, routing issues, workflow failures) across cross-functional stakeholders — then own the RCA and ensure fixes stick.
• Distill agent and frontline feedback into structured insights that close the loop between what's happening on the ground and what gets built.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product operations, trust & safety, program management, or equivalent analytical operations role.
• Proven ability to influence skeptical stakeholders using data as the primary lever. You don't just report what happened, you explain why and what to do about it.
• Natural root cause thinker who asks the right questions and doesn't settle for surface-level explanations.
• Experience building or managing feedback loops that translate frontline input into business change.
• Strong analytical toolkit: SQL preferred, Excel proficiency required, comfort with AI tools a plus.
• Project management experience (Asana or equivalent) and ability to drive accountability across teams you don't directly control.
• Comfortable in ambiguity, calm under pressure, and clear in written and verbal communication with executive audiences.

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

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If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Benefits

• Our job titles may span more than one career level.
• The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands.
• The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range

$106,000 — $125,000 USD